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Why Make Beautiful Things

The Why Make Beautiful Things Series:

So why make beautiful things? Why should we take the time to decorate a home, to pursue and appreciate art of all kinds, to dress with meaning, to create well-designed media, to use our talents to make everything around us better, more beautiful?You may have noticed this quote over in my blog sidebar. It is way down at the bottom, but has been there for several years:

"Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term.

Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life:

in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece." -St. John Paul II

I am not an artist in the strict definition. I do however feel the responsibility of creating a masterpiece with the life that God has given me, to both pursue and give beauty everyday. It can manifest itself in many ways, but it is becoming increasingly more important in a world where beauty, true beauty, is under attack.

We all are called to bear beauty. Here are a few thoughts about what that beauty is and why it matters:

"Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece." -Saint John Paul the Great

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